Improvement in book-clips



J'. T. WESTON.

BOOK-CLIP. No.185,6'06. Patented Dec. 19, 1876.

THE GRAPHIC CDNY UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

JOHN T. WESTON, OF ORESTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-CLIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,606, dated December19, 1876; application filed May 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. WEsToN, of Oreston, Union county, Iowa, haveinvented a new and Improved Book-Clip, of which the following is aspecification:

The figure is a perspective view of my improved device, shown as appliedto a musicbook.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device forholding music-books open upon organs and other musical instruments,which shall be simple in construction, neat in appearance, andconvenient in use.

The invention consists in an improved music-book holder formed of wire,having its middle part bent into U form, having coils formed upon themiddle part of its arms, and having the outer parts of its arms bentover parallel with their inner parts, as-hereinafter fully described.

The holder A is formed of wire, the middle part a of which is bent twiceat right angles, or is curved to give it a U form. The arms of the Uhave coils a. formed in them to give them a suitable elasticity, andtheir outer parts a are bent over parallel with their inner parts, asshown in the figure.

In using the device, the bend a is placed at the back of the book, whenopened at the required place, and the arms a are placed upon the pagesof the book, as shown in the drawing.

The coils (1 enable the device to be placed upon books of variousthickness.

The ends of the arms a are bent to form eyes to prevent said ends fromcatching upon and tearing the paper.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A music-book clip, consisting of the wire A havingmiddle bends a coils a and arms a constructed and arranged substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

JOHN T. WESTON.

Witnesses:

JNO. S. BLACK, HERBERT TAYLOR.

